good evening, i am bret baier . following two big stories tonight, president trump takes the stand during his social defamation trial. we begin with the biden administration, giving texas a deadline of friday to allow federal agents back onto federa and feel the southern border to cut razor wire of there. texas official seeds the area nearly three weeks ago removing federal officers and putting in new measures to stem the flow o illegal immigration. matt finn following it all in eagle pass, texas again tonight. good evening, matt. texas officials don t have plans to comply with president biden s deadline tomorrow to remove the barbed wire here. in fact, right now, the texas national guard is installing additional razor wire here in shelby park. the texas attorney general tells fox that his state does not plan to comply with the biden administration s deadline for texas to reopen shall be park to the biden border agents. two give the biden administration doesn t even p
president biden and u.s. house speaker mccarthy reach a tentative deal to raise the debt cree but will they be able to sell it to skeptical lawmakers on both sides of the aisle? and polls open in turkey. we re live in istanbul as voters began casting their ballots in the country s historic presidential runoff. plus, fueling speculation. ukraine s top commander releases a video that has many wondering if the country s counter offensive could be imminent. we begin in the u.s. with a late night agreement to try to prevent a disastrous debt default. the white house and republicans say they ve agreed in principle to raise the u.s. debt ceiling and cap government spending. u.s. house speaker kevin mccarthy is hailing the deal as a breakthrough that was reached after a flurry of crisis talks. after weeks of negotiations, we have come to an agreement in principle. we still have a lot of work to do, but i believe this is an agreement in principle that s worthy of the american peop
exclusively to cnn as blow back in the country over russia s invasion seems to be growing. cnn learning about the counter offensive. plus, nearly every single teen in america is glued to social media. it goes way younger than teens. the surgeon general has a serious warning tonight. the research shows this. it s not safe. what s he going to do to keep his own kids away? and it s a story you will see first out front, can a.i. read your brain? you ll see it all for yourself. let s go out front. good evening. i m erin burnett. out front russians versus russians. a new and violent challenge to putin s russia tonight. a group of russians fighting on behalf of ukraine are claiming they have liberated several russian villages along the russian border. they re posting videos. there are no russian guards that appear in any of these videos. they re guardless checkpoints. some of the vehicles these men are using are american made tactical vehicles and we re trying to understand mo
challengers if not his biggest challenger former president donald trump is playing to undercut the campaign launch. speaking of trump, the special counsel investigating the former president is about to get some crucial documents from the national archives today. they could end up potentially being key evidence in his probe. and the man accused of ramming the barricades near the white house and threatening to kill the president will appear in court. new details about what the suspect said after the crash. also guam getting slammed by one of the most devastating storms we have seen there in decades. today marks one year since that mass shooting in uvalde that left 19 elementary school children and two teachers dead. president biden is planning to address the anniversary calling for an end to the gun violence epidemic happening in america. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. today florida governor ron desantis will officially launch his presidential race. we